BREEAM Accredited Professional Training & Examination

Learning outcomes and benefits:

This qualification enables you to work across the relevant BREEAM schemes as a sustainability professional.

Delegates completing all aspects of this course will learn the role of the AP and what a development needs to do in order to meet BREEAM targets and sustainability goals. Delegates will learn the need to facilitate projects teams to schedule activities, set priorities and negotiate the trade-offs required to achieve the target BREEAM rating when the development is formally assessed.

Once qualified, a BREEAM AP can help developments achieve up to six BREEAM credits dependent on the schemes that they are working on. They are recognised throughout the industry as a sustainability champion who can:

Encourage an integrated design and construction process

Use BREEAM as a framework to establish, agree and achieve the desired level of sustainability performance for a development

The qualification and annual membership recognises an individual’s ability to provide expert advice on how projects should achieve their sustainability goals and performance.

Programme :

This course has been designed to allow suitably experienced construction professionals who have a good knowledge of environmental design and the design process to deliver new construction and refurbishment buildings to meet BREEAM.

There are three aspects to this course:

Interactive online modules

A classroom based workshop

An examination

1. Online training

BREEAM Accredited Professional training commences with approximately 30 hours of interactive online modules delivered through our dedicated online learning portal.The online pre-workshop modules must be completed prior to attending the workshop, to enable delegates to have the best chance to pass the examination. The online modules cover:

The role of a BREEAM AP

Background and scope of BREEAM

BREEAM Assessment methodology

BREEAM schemes technical content

Decision timeline

Decision priorities

2. Workshop

After completing the online modules, delegates will attend a workshop followed by an examination. The workshop will allow delegates to apply and share their expertise in a series of individual and team exercises. The workshop will cover:

Making a case for Sustainability and BREEAM

Decision Making

Timeline

Comparison on costs per percentage point basis

3. Examination

In order to become a BREEAM AP, delegates will need to pass an examination. This takes place at the end of the workshop and includes one 60 Minute multiple choice examination

Fees

£875.00 per person plus VAT* (for Licensed BREEAM Assessors) and IGBC members for training in Dublin.

15% discount (for full fee paying delegates) is applicable to all RIBA, CIAT & CIBSE members

BREEAM AP Subscription

An annual subscription fee of £250 +VAT* is applicable for all BREEAM APs.

This is payable on successful completion of the exam. This maintains a Green Book Live listing, access to the BREEAM Extranet and maintenance of CPD – this is a requirement of maintaining your AP status.

Please note the first subscription must be paid within the first 6 months on successful completion of the exam.

* VAT will only be charged for training courses taking place within the UK.

Intended
audience :

Architects, Engineers and others with demonstrable design skills and responsibilities who want to specialise in BREEAM.

Pre requisites of attending this course

Delegates need to:

Hold a recognised academic or vocational qualification in a relevant built environment discipline

Have at least three years post graduate (or equivalent) professional experience working in a role covering the sustainability of the built environment. Candidates will ideally have design team involvement on a number of projects where sustainability was part of the project brief e.g. a target to achieve at least BREEAM Excellence for the completed design

Demonstrate knowledge of environmental design / integrated design with an appreciation of life cycle assessment and cost analysis

A minimum level of work experience and on-the-job training can be considered as alternatives to formal qualification

Delegates will be required to submit a CV with the above information prior to booking this course.

On confirmation of your eligibility for the course, you will be required to fill in a booking form which will need to be completed and returned to us before your place is confirmed.